EUROPEAN COALITION FOR JUST AND EFFECTIVE DRUG POLICIES – ENCOD vzw
Statement to the Civil Society Forum on Drug Policy – 20/21 May 2008
HAVE YOUR SAY ON ENCODs POSITION ON NGO FORUM IN VIENNA
On July 7 to 9 in Vienna, Austria, ENCOD will participate in the “
Beyond 2008
” NGO Forum. This forum is meant to collect the points of views of NGOs regarding the outcome and the direction of global drug policies. The NGO Forum is supposed to produce a statement that will be included in the process of reflection that governments and UN agencies are in, and that will conclude at next year’s annual meeting of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna (March 2009)
As ENCOD we would like the following issues to be part of the definitive statement for the NGO Forum in Vienna. Please comment them by replying to this article or join the discussion on this issue at the ENCOD forum.
AFTER VIENNA 2008
Letter from a Berlin activist who planted one cannabis plant at the Netherlands embassy in Vienna after the demonstration on 7 March 2008.
COMMISSION BUYS THE SILENCE OF CITIZENS
On 14 April 2008, the deadline expired for presenting applications to the call for proposals for the budget line on Drug Prevention and Information, which was established to support the role of civil society organisations in EU drug policy. ENCOD has decided not to apply to this call for proposals. In the following statement, we explain why.
REPORT ON CND MEETING 2008
Report of CND-meeting, Vienna 10 – 14 March 2008
by Fredrick Polak, member of ENCOD steering committee, and of the board of Stichting Drugsbeleid, Netherlands Drug Policy Foundation
SECOND CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM ON DRUG POLICIES IN THE EU
The European Commission invites the members of the EU Civil Society Forum on Drug Policies to the second session of this forum, to be held on 20 and 21 May, at the Committee of the Regions (Rue Belliard 99-101, Brussels)
The discussion will be based on the current EU Drug Action Plan and most of all the 2007 progress review of this action plan. Participants are asked to study possible improvements, shortcomings, priorities, objectives and relevant issues for the future.
ENCOD made a first draft for a response on the progress review. On the Have Your Say page you are wellcome to give your opinion.
Read the report of the first session of the EU CSF in December 2007
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DISCUSSES CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM
On January 31st, 2008, the European Parliaments Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) discussed the draft report of Giusto Catania MEP on European Commission”s Green Paper the role of Civil Society in Drugs Policy in the European Union, the basis of the Civil Society Forum that was set up in 2007.
The final report is now available in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Polish and Dutch)
REPORT ON FIRST CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM
Report on the first meeting of the Civil Society Forum on Drugs, organised by the European Commission
13 & 14 December, Brussels.
By: Virginia Montañes and Joep Oomen
Should ENCOD continue to participate in the EU Civil Society Forum? Participate in our survey (see below on this page) or have your say on ENCODs position in the next session of the CSF, on May 20th and 21st, 2008.